Sheet-steel railroad tie and rail brace.



PATENTBD MAR. 2'7, 1906.

F. MoGUNE. SHEET STEEL RAILROAD TIE AND RAIL BEACH.

APPLIOATION FILED D170. 7, 1905.

INVENTOR W/I/VESSES:

' NI ED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

FRANK MoCUNE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. SHEET-STEEL RAILROAD TIE AND RAIL BRACE.

Patented. March 27, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK McOUNE, a citizen of the Unlted States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and'State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulsheet-steel railroad tie and rail brace in combination, together with clamps and washersior fastening the rails to the tie, which resembles in'general construction my sheetsteel railroad tie and rail brace for which Letters Patent were gr'anted'August 8, 1905, Se-

rial No. 229 ,313 but which I have im roved as hereinafterset forth, of which the ollowing is a specification.

' is an end view showing cross-section of the tie. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clamps and washers. v

' The construction of this tie is as follows: The tie is pressed into rectangular shape, the dimensions for standardgage track being preferably seven feet long by eight inches wide by four inches deep. Extending along the top face of the tie two feet eight and one- 'fourth inches, more orless, from the center each way is a depressed surface one inch in depth. On this depressed surface and at the extreme ends thereof the rails are fastened, as hereinafter set forth, so that .the higher surface at each end forms'a brace which prevents the rail from spreading or being moved clamps B b and the washers c, a portion of the p out of gage. The rails are fastened to the tie by clamps B b, which are bolted to the tie and project over the flanges of the rail, as shown in the drawings, F1gs.-1 and 2. On the bottom surface of the tie the two corners P P, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, at each end are turned down about three inches, forming projections, the object of which is to afford resistance to any end thrust of the tie and so preserve the alinement of the track.

Fig. 1 shows the manner of applying the the b0 turning at that point.

the tie and clamps Fig. 3 is a bottom view. Fig. 4:

. side of the tiebeing broken away, showing end view of washer c, which fits neatly between the" sides of the tie, the ends being square, so that it cannot turn, and has a rectangular hole punched through at the center to allow the bolt to pass through, the width of the hole being slightly more than the diameter of the bolt and the length of the hole slightly more than the-width of the head of the bolt, so that when the hole is punched two lugs are formed which engage the head of tand prevent it from turning. This washer is only used under the inside clamps,

as the offset formed by the depression in the top face of the tie prevents the bolt from The washers also act as stiifeners to the top of the tie. A perspecg ve view of the washer c is also shown under ig. 5. g 7 To prevent the nuts from turning, I use the clamps B B and b b, which have two parallel slots extending from their outer edge, as. shown in Fig. 2, so. that the section of the clamps between these slots may be turned up against the nut, thus preventing it from turning, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. .A sheet-steel railroad tie and rail brace in combination with nut-locks formed by making two parallel slots extending from the outer end of the'clamps or rail-fasteners, so that the section of the clamps between these slots may be turned up against the nut, thus preventing it from turning; substantially as set forth.

2. A sheet-steel railroad tie and rail brace,

together with suitable clamps, in combination with washers having a rectangular hole punched through the, center, the process of- FRANK McCUNE.

. Witnesses: I H. W. WATTS, v i, OLIVER G. FERGUSON. 

